Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Penitent Magdalene
Alternate Title:
Repentant Mary Magdalene
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian painter, 1571-1610)
Location:
repository: Galleria Doria Pamphili (Rome, Lazio, Italy) FC 357
Location Note:
Via del Corso 305
GPS:
41.897669 12.481145
Date:
ca. 1595 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
122.5 cm (height) x 98.5 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; still life; Mary Magdalene, Saint
Description:
Caravaggio effected in the Magdalene a radically prophetic decontextualization, at once modernizing (as seen in the tiled floor and the girl’s dress) and universalizing. The setting of a dim, bare chamber punctuated by light from an external source became the preferred existential space of his mature art (later done with greater contrast than seen here.) The saint has just renounced her former life; she has dropped a string of pearls and jewelry on the ground, next to a vial of unguent. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-C-GDP-RMM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Penitent Magdalene